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Title: | An overview of the Dactylosomatidae (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina: Dactylosomatidae), with the description of Dactylosoma kermiti n. sp. parasitising Ptychadena anchietae and Sclerophrys gutturalis from South Africa | Authors: | Netherlands, Edward C. Cook, Courtney A. Du Preez, Louis H. VANHOVE, Maarten Brendonck, Luc Smit, Nico J. |
Issue Date: | 2020 | Publisher: | ELSEVIER | Source: | International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife, 11 , p. 246 -260 | Abstract: | Haemogregarine (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina) blood parasites are commonly reported from anuran hosts. Dactylosomatidae (Jakowska and Nigrelli, 1955) is a group of haemogregarines comprising Dactylosoma Labbé, 1894 and Babesiosoma Jakowska and Nigrelli, 1956. Currently Dactylosoma and Babesiosoma contain five re-cognised species each. In the current study, a total of 643 anurans, comprising 38 species, 20 genera, and 13 families were collected from South Africa (n = 618) and Belgium (n = 25), and their blood screened for the presence of dactylosomatid parasites. Three anuran species were found infected namely, Ptychadena anchietae (Bocage, 1868) and Sclerophrys gutturalis (Power, 1927) from South Africa, and Pelophylax lessonae (Camerano, 1882) from Belgium. Based on morphological characteristics, morphometrics and molecular results a new dactylosomatid, Dactylosoma kermiti n. sp. is described form Pty. anchietae and Scl. gutturalis. The species of Dactylosoma isolated from Pel. lessonae could not, based on morphological or molecular analysis, be identified to species level. Phylogenetic analysis shows species of Dactylosoma infecting anurans as a monophyletic group separate from the other haemogregarine groups. Additionally, the mosquitoes Uranotaenia (Pseudoficalbia) ma-shonaensis Theobald, 1901 and U. (Pfc.) montana Ingram and De Meillon, 1927 were observed feeding on Scl. gutturalis in situ and possible dividing stages of this new parasite were observed in the mosquitoes. This study is the first to describe a dactylosomatid parasite based on morphological and molecular data from Africa as well as observe potential stages in possible dipteran vectors. | Keywords: | Anurans;Haemogregarine blood parasites;Morphology;PCR;Uranotaenia spp.;Vectors | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/30967 | ISSN: | 2213-2244 | e-ISSN: | 2213-2244 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2019.12.006 | ISI #: | WOS:000523574400033 | Rights: | © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of Australian Society for Parasitology. This is an open access article under the CC-BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY-NC-ND/4.0/). | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2021 |
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